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READING – Roman Quinn’s first double-A start in right field last week ended with his throwing out three baserunners. That position, Quinn joked afterward with Reading manager Dusty Wathan, is now his favorite.

Vince Velasquez started a baseball game above single A for just the 35th time in his career on Sunday afternoon when he took the mound at Citizens Bank Park for an eventual 9-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. His experience – or lack thereof – is showing.

The Phillies have committed $24.5 million to players who will not play for them in 2017. Ryan Howard is due a $10 million buyout for his expensive option that will not be exercised. It will cost $1 million to buy out a mutual option on Charlie Morton and another $500,000 for Carlos Ruiz’s buyout.

With a piece of chalk, Thomas Eshelman would etch a strike zone onto a cement wall near the driveway of his family’s Southern California home. Eshelman would then split the strike zone into quadrants and pelt each rectangle.